Hello
I'm considering the model s as my next car and have some questions. Mostly to do with charging and range, I think a classic case of range anxiety.
What at is it like to live with an electric car? Specifically charging. Is it deemed acceptable to park up and charge and leave the vehicle for a few hours? Can you treat the charge bays like parking bays or do you stay with your vehicle
I will be making use of the 50kW DC chargers, are these reliable? Are the superchargers reliable too or have you driven to a charger and found them to be broken?
When tesla report 30min charge times giving 85 miles on DC and 170miles on superchargers how accurate is this, do the charge rates fall?
I read that the 250 miles US 300 mile UK range (tested) is only achievable on range mode which is a manual on/off switch. Does that mean in normal circumstances (charging up to 90%) will mean the display range might be closer to 220? I also hear you loose up to 30% of range so does this mean actual realistic range is more like 180 miles on a typical charge?
Have you ever had any other problems charging, apart from reliability such as chargers being broken, have you ever run out of charge or had to wait for a charge point?
Im from the UK and read that 25% of chargers don't work which worries me greatly! Apparently DC chargers are quite rare, the AC 240v 13amp is loads of places and I think does 7kW/hr, not sure what miles that gives but I think it's low! Anyone know?
The car really is incredible so I'm just anxious about the range and the downsides of owning an electric car. Im thinking through all scenarios and I simply think it would be a pain if a charger was broke, I had to wait, I had to go back to move it once the car is fully charged as I'd feel guilty taking up the bay. Things like this.
thanks
I'm considering the model s as my next car and have some questions. Mostly to do with charging and range, I think a classic case of range anxiety.
What at is it like to live with an electric car? Specifically charging. Is it deemed acceptable to park up and charge and leave the vehicle for a few hours? Can you treat the charge bays like parking bays or do you stay with your vehicle
I will be making use of the 50kW DC chargers, are these reliable? Are the superchargers reliable too or have you driven to a charger and found them to be broken?
When tesla report 30min charge times giving 85 miles on DC and 170miles on superchargers how accurate is this, do the charge rates fall?
I read that the 250 miles US 300 mile UK range (tested) is only achievable on range mode which is a manual on/off switch. Does that mean in normal circumstances (charging up to 90%) will mean the display range might be closer to 220? I also hear you loose up to 30% of range so does this mean actual realistic range is more like 180 miles on a typical charge?
Have you ever had any other problems charging, apart from reliability such as chargers being broken, have you ever run out of charge or had to wait for a charge point?
Im from the UK and read that 25% of chargers don't work which worries me greatly! Apparently DC chargers are quite rare, the AC 240v 13amp is loads of places and I think does 7kW/hr, not sure what miles that gives but I think it's low! Anyone know?
The car really is incredible so I'm just anxious about the range and the downsides of owning an electric car. Im thinking through all scenarios and I simply think it would be a pain if a charger was broke, I had to wait, I had to go back to move it once the car is fully charged as I'd feel guilty taking up the bay. Things like this.
thanks